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    Connectly, now backed by Alibaba, taps AI to personalize text messages to customers

    Stefanos Loukakos, formerly a director at Meta’s business-focused Messenger division and, briefly, the tech giant’s blockchain org, noticed several years ago that online retailers were...

    India’s Agrim snags $17.3M to help farmers get inputs like seeds and pesticides more easily

    Agriculture in India provides livelihood support to over 42% of its population, contributing 18% to the country’s GDP, according to government data. However,...

    Zepto, snagging $1 billion in 90 days, projects 150% annual growth

    Zepto co-founder Aadit Palicha told a group of analysts and investors on Tuesday that the Indian delivery startup anticipates growth of 150% in...

    How Techstars, Meta helped profitable LatAm startup Mercately raise a $2.6M seed

    In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to buy things online....

    African B2B e-commerce startups Wasoko and MaxAB complete merger: Interview with co-CEO Daniel Yu

    Two of Africa’s largest B2B e-commerce platforms, Wasoko and MaxAB, have finally completed the continent’s much-talked-about merger, TechCrunch has learned. The all-stock transaction,...

    Tingit is building a marketplace for ‘zero-effort’ repairs, starting with fashion

    Do you have a much-loved jacket with a torn sleeve or pair of grubby kicks gathering dust at the back of your closet?...

    India’s trade minister decries e-commerce growth, Amazon’s ‘predatory’ pricing

    India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country, warning of potential disruption to...

    Pakistan’s PostEx to enter new markets, starting with Saudi Arabia

    Pakistani startup PostEx, offering financial and logistics services to online merchants, is set to enter new markets, beginning with Saudi Arabia this year,...

    Keychain aims to unlock a new approach to manufacturing consumer goods

    Most consumer brands have become “completely disassociated” from the manufacturers who actually create their products, says Keychain CEO Oisin Hanrahan. “They don’t own anything...

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